Joe Sixpack Reports

SIXPACK SEZ: Baltimore Orioles fans are mourning the loss of Natty Boh, apparently banned from Camden Yards at the start of the 2016 season. If they’re lucky, they can drown their misery with cans of this excellent, very juicy wheat IPA. It’s a tribute to Orioles great Eddie Murray, the last major leaguer to reach 500 HRs before the juicers (McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, A-Rod…) ruined the club.

Join Joe Sixpack for an evening of artistry celebrating the unique and hand-made at Perkins Center for the Arts in Collingswood, N.J., on Saturday, May 14th from 7-10 p.m. This one-of-a-kind tasting has been named both the Best Foodie Event in South Jersey and The Best Way to Buy Art in the Garden State.

The event features over a dozen regional craft micro brews, a distillery, a gourmet food cart fare, handmade beer steins, live music and a silent auction. In celebrating ...

Bell Beverage offers the lowest prices on the biggest selection of craft beer by the case and 12-pack in the Philadelphia area. Join me on select Fridays for beer conversation and plenty of samples, then pick up your weekend supply.

SIXPACK SEZ: Tangerine? Now that sounds a-peeling. This golden IPA isn’t just another one of those fruit bombs from the soda aisle. It’s sticky, dank and quite more bitter than you’d expect. And, yes, as the label says, you should drink it asap. Orange you glad you didn’t wait?

This year’s Craft Brewers Conference ended Friday evening with the announcement of World Beer Cup winners. Pennsylvania/Delaware/New Jersey breweries took a total of 14 medals (below).

Not surprisingly, American-style IPA drew the most entries (275), with gold going to I Love It! from Noble Ale Works in Anaheim, Calif., which also took a bronze for its Double IPA and was named world champion small brewing company. Sounds like it’s time for us hop heads to book a flight to southern California.

THURSDAY, MAY 5

THERE ARE NO saloons in Pitman, N.J. No bottle shops or restaurants with liquor licenses, either. This is a dry town, a vestige of its founding as a Methodist retreat.

Yet on Saturday afternoon, with a ceremonial tapping of the first keg, a brewery will open on Broadway, the Gloucester County town’s main drag. A brewery with a tasting room and eight taps and plenty of suds.